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... dollars and cents , which may be gained without merit , or lost without reproach , by disastrous reverses , which may baffle the most sagacious and well directed operations , and the most skilful combinations ; not that ingenuity or ...
... dollars and cents , which may be gained without merit , or lost without reproach , by disastrous reverses , which may baffle the most sagacious and well directed operations , and the most skilful combinations ; not that ingenuity or ...
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... dollars . In fact , one of these two extraordinary men , and the father of the other , passed from one extreme to the other in this scale of prosperity ; and the same law which protected their little pittance at the outset , protected ...
... dollars . In fact , one of these two extraordinary men , and the father of the other , passed from one extreme to the other in this scale of prosperity ; and the same law which protected their little pittance at the outset , protected ...
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... dollars . The success of the experiment will be not more a triumph of genius and of art , than of capital . The first attempts at the whale - fishery , in Massachusetts , were made from the South Shore and the island of Nantucket , by ...
... dollars . The success of the experiment will be not more a triumph of genius and of art , than of capital . The first attempts at the whale - fishery , in Massachusetts , were made from the South Shore and the island of Nantucket , by ...
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... dollars , and this acquired in the latter half of his life . He told me himself , that at the age of forty , his ... dollar each for man , woman , and child ; and , of course , might as well have been sunk in the middle of the sea . Such ...
... dollars , and this acquired in the latter half of his life . He told me himself , that at the age of forty , his ... dollar each for man , woman , and child ; and , of course , might as well have been sunk in the middle of the sea . Such ...
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... dollar of it must be employed in giving life to industry , and employment to labor . Had Mr. Girard lived in a ... dollars ; his credit is good ; he borrows as much more ; but let him not think he has doubled his capital . He has ...
... dollar of it must be employed in giving life to industry , and employment to labor . Had Mr. Girard lived in a ... dollars ; his credit is good ; he borrows as much more ; but let him not think he has doubled his capital . He has ...
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Página 525 - Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters, 519, Mr. Chief Justice TANEY announcing the opinion of the court said: "It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Página 413 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Página 397 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Página 142 - E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.
Página 296 - Physician art thou ? one all eyes, Philosopher! a fingering slave, One that would peep and botanize Upon his mother's grave...
Página 440 - In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As — -fail!
Página 537 - I have three thousand dollars in hard money; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more; I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most it will bring. These are at the service of the State. If we succeed in defending our firesides and homes, I may be remunerated; if we do not, the property will be of no value to me.
Página 168 - July next, the following gold coins shall pass current as money within the United States, and be receivable in all payments by weight, for the payment of all debts and demands, at the rates following, that is to say : The gold coins of Great Britain, Portugal and Brazil, of not less than twenty-two carats fine, at the rate of 94 cts.
Página 261 - One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, the Standard Measure of Capacity, as well for Liquids as for dry Goods not measured by Heaped Measure, shall be the Gallon., containing Ten Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled Water weighed in Air, at the Temperature of Sixty two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at Thirty Inches...
Página 275 - • An act to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the Foreign Commerce of the United States...